Location: Dixie Howell Memorial Gymnasium at Ocean City High School.
Schedule:
Noon – Middle School Girls Game
1:45 – Middle School Boys Game
3:30 – AtlantiCare Girls High School Classic
5:15 – Dixie Howell Memorial Boys Classic
High School Girls Coaches: Mainland’s Scott Betson and Holy Spirit’s Jackie Siscone will coach one team, Ocean City’s Paul Baruffi and Wildwood Catholic’s Steve DiPatri will coach the other.
High School Boys Coaches: Wildwood Catholic’s Dave DeWeese and Pleasantville’s Butch Warner will coach one team, St. Augustine’s Paul Rodio and Ocean City’s John Bruno will coach the other.
Shooting Contests: At halftime of the girls game there will be a three-point shooting contest. Before the boys game, the boys will compete in a three-point shootout. Then, at halftime of the boys game, the girls and boys three-point champions will go head-to-head. At halftime of each middle school game there will be a foul-shooting contest.
The three-point contests are the Beth Hartman Memorial Shootouts and each winner will receive a college scholarship from the Hartman family. Hartman made more than 100 three-pointers in her career at Holy Spirit and later became head coach at Egg Harbor Township before dying of cancer in her 20s.
Girls in the Three-Point Contest: Bella Halbrunner (Lower Cape May), Savanna Holt (Ocean City), Claudia Mairone (Mainland), Liza Pellini (Cape May Tech), Liz Picardi (Absegami), Paige Sofield (Holy Spirit) and Zhyana Young (Holy Spirit).
Boys in the Three-Point Contest: D.J. Campbell (Vineland), Andrew Delaney (St. Augustine), Michael Dodd (Egg Harbor Township), Cole Vanderslice (St. Augustine), Luke Varallo (Ocean City) and Josh Wright (Cape May Tech).
Special Presentations: During the two high school games, the 25th annual Boo Pergament Memorial Awards will be presented to the CAL’s most improved players, co-sponsored by William Schoppy Inc. and the Ocean City PBA.
MVP Awards: The MVP in the Dixie Howell Classic will receive the Dave Lewis Memorial MVP Award. The MVP in the AtlantiCare Girls Classic will win the Pat Dougherty MVP Award. And the MVPs of the two middle school games will get the Yogi Hiltner MVP Awards.
Sponsors: AtlantiCare, the City of Ocean City, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, the Ocean City PBA, 97.3-ESPN, Ocean City Free Public Library, William Schoppy Inc., Ocean City Aquatic & Fitness Center and the Ocean City Firefighters.
Cost: Admission is $6 for the day with the proceeds benefiting the Edythe T. Selvagn Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Results and records from previous All Star Saturdays and other CAL all star basketball events back into the 1980s are available at http://www.primeevents.net/allstarsat2.html.
CAL Girls Rosters:
Team Baruffi
Qeiajae Canty, Atlantic City
Trina Deveney. Cedar Creek
Danielle Donoghue, Ocean City
Bella Halbrunner, Lower Cape May
Molly Hoffman, Ocean City
Savanna Holt, Ocean City
Chakyra Moss, Vineland
Liza Pellini, Cape May Tech
Kayla Sykes, Atlantic Tech
Team Leahy
Ionyonia Alves, Oakcrest
Armanee DeBarry, Millville
Tanazha Ford, Millville
Kiki Hinton, Oakcrest
Claudia Mairone, Mainland
Liz Picardi, Absegami
Paige Sofield, Holy Spirit
Scotti Walker, Bridgeton
Zhyana Young, Holy Spirit
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CAL Boys Rosters:
Team DeWeese
Angelo Barron, Mainland
D.J. Campbell, Vineland
Aundrey Green, Millville
Little John Green, Millville
Ed Jamison, Millville
Jake McGonigle, Wildwood Catholic
Zaire Montague, Atlantic City
Zion Teague, Atlantic City
Tom Zanaras, Mainland
Team Rodio
Corey Blackwell, St. Joseph
Andrew Delaney, St. Augustine
Michael Dodd, Egg Harbor Township
Donovan Graham, Ocean City
Jake LaMonaca, Holy Spirit
Joe Sacco, Ocean City
Jordan Sweeney, Egg Harbor Township
Cole Vanderslice, St. Augustine
Luke Varallo, Ocean City
Josh Wright, Cape May Tech